Verse:Hmøøh/Mohnahas

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Yacavestub is an agglutinative language spoken on the conworld of Suvənub. It's inspired aesthetically by drug names (cf. Clofabosin), Estonian and Lushootseed. It has been influenced by Tingatkiramei.

Todo

  • redup at the beginning of verbs?
  • -mad (e.g. ololirmad)
  • rotunu: 'sky'

Phonology

Consonants

m n ŋ p t k b d g f s h v z l r j m n ŋ p t c b d g f s h v z l r y

(/ks/ is written x.)

Vowels

i u e ə o a i u e ə o a

Morphology

Nouns

Case suffixes

  • -uvab: definite accusative suffix
  • -zile:
  • -une:

Definiteness and possession

Nouns take a suffix for definiteness. Possessive suffixes are added directly to the noun for inalienable possession, and to the classifier for alienable possession.

vestu - 'language'
Number→
State↓
Singular Plural
Indefinite vestu vestəl
Definite vestub vestələb
1sg possessor vestel vestəlel
2sg possessor vestux vestəlux
3sg possessor vestun vestəlun
1pl possessor vesteloc vestəleloc
2pl possessor vestuxoc vestəluxoc
3pl possessor vestunoc vestəlunoc

Verbs

Present tense: -mad